Fish scaling brush



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United States Patent O FISH SCALING BRUSH La Rena L. Y. Adsit, Kirby,Mont.

Application August 31, 1954, Serial No. 453,221

2 Claims. (Cl. 177) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in devices for removing the scales from fish and moreparticularly to a brush of novel design for accomplishing this purpose.

An important object of the invention is to provide a brush constructedwith metal bristles projecting at the underside of an elongated handleand constructing the handle for gripping at each end by the thumb andfingers of a person for effectively gripping the brush while moving thesame back and forth horizontally over the body of the fish.

Another object of the invention is to construct the brush withrelatively stiff bristles adjacent one end to raise the edges of thescales into a position for effective removal by the remaining bristlesof the brush.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is effective in itsperformance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as rnore fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevational View;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View;

Figure 3 is a top plan view;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view illustratingthe relative stiffness of the respective groups of bristles; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line S-S of Figure l.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention,the numeral 5 designates a brush handle which is of generallyrectangular shape and of a length corresponding substantially to thewidth of the hand of a person.

An opening 6 extends transversely through the handle from side to sidethereof and adjacent one end of the handle, and a recess 7 is formed inthe opposite end of the handle and above which the top of the handle isformed with a tapering overhanging lip 8. Each side of the. handle isformed with a longitudinally extending groove 9.

A relatively small group of bristles 10 of brass or other suitable metalare embedded in the bottom of the brush to extend downwardly therefromadjacent the opening 6, and the remaining area of the underside of thebrush is provided with a relatively larger group of bristles 11 likewiseconstructed of brass or other suitable metal and of a length slightlygreater than the length of the bristles 10. Bristles 10 likewise aresubstantially stiffer in construction that the relatively more flexiblebristles 11.

Patented May 28, 1957 ICS The brush is used by engaging the thumb of ahand of a person in the opening 6 and engaging the little finger of thehand in the recess 7 under the lip 8 so that the bristles 10 and 11 willextend downwardly at the palm of the hand when the latter is positionedhorizontally. The fingers of the hand are gripped in the longitudinalgroove 9 at the side of the handle, and the brush may be gripped ineither the right or the left hand of a person.

The brush is moved forwardly and backwardly over the fish to be scaledand is initially tilted downwardly at the end of the brush provided withthe relatively stiff group of bristles 10 and in rocking movement toraise the edges of the scales of the fish, as well as to loosen anystubborn scales thereon. During the continued forward and backwardmovement of the brush over the fish, the remaining group of bristles 11free the scales and remove the same from the fish.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A manually held and manipulatable special purpose fish scaling brushcomprising a substantially rectangular rigid backing provided on itsbottom with fish scaling bristles, a handle commensurate in length withand mounted integrally atop said backing and provided along its oppositelongitudinal sides with channel-like open ended grooves, said groovesserving to accommodate certain of the fingers of the hand of the user,onetransverse end of said handle having a notch formed therein anddefining a concave recess, said recess being adapted to accommodatinglyseat at least one finger of the users hand, that portion of the handledirectly above said recess being fashioned into an extension, saidextension projecting beyond and overhanging said recess and also thecorresponding end portion of said backing, and a transverse openingformed in the opposite end portion of said handle inwardly of theextreme opposite end and of a diameter at least commensurate the widthof the cooperating grooves, said opening being adapted to permit theusers thumb to be passed therethrough and temporarily lodged thereinwhile the brush is being used.

2. The structure defined in claim l wherein said thumb opening isconfined to the area of the handle of having said grooves formedtherein, and said bristles being characterized by relatively short andlong groups of bristles projecting laterally from said bottom, saidshort group of bristles being confined to that end of the backingadjacent to the position of said thumb opening and the long bristlesconstituting the remaining group of bristles substantially covering theremainder of the bottom of said backing.

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